ROCHESTER — A ranch-style home on Cross Road is uninhabitable following a basement fire Saturday that filled the dwelling with smoke.

“It was what we call a smoldering fire,” Rochester Fire Captain Steven Johnson said, discussing the incident at 384 Cross Road. Someone passing by the house spotted the smoke and called firefighters at 2:27 p.m., Johnson said.

“When we opened it up, the whole house was just chock full of smoke,” he said.

Firefighters from Rochester, Milton and Farmington traveled to the scene, and personnel from Barrington Fire & Rescue provided station coverage in Rochester. Johnson said the fire was quickly contained and extinguished. No one was home at the time, and no injuries were reported.

Investigators are certain the fire started in the basement, although the cause was still under investigation early Saturday evening.

It was not immediately clear whether occupants were displaced by the fire, though Johnson said it appears the home was occupied.

“It's not going to be livable,” he said, citing the extensive smoke damage.